Our Father, while we offer this prayer, we will also pray with a deep gratitude for all your mercies: may they take possession of all our hearts that, as when David sat in his house of cedar he “magnified the Lord,” so may we also, whenever things go smoothly with us.
Lord, may the gratitude we feel prompt us to say again, “what shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits towards me.” Help every child of yours to be serving you every day; and serving you so that heaven’s work may begin below, and something of heaven’s pleasure may be enjoyed even now. But Lord, while we work for you, always keep us sitting at the feet of Jesus.